The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-08-11
The New Hired Man.

as he came into the house after return
ing from town, Il got mother hired
man."
well, / declare. Zacharier, mother
hired man fore harvest! Wot'n til"
name o goodness do ye want o hir'
man this time o yeara"
..W'y. Hammer. 'pearst' me l oughter
know wen need . man. Look at
that broakin' / want'o do on the back
forty, and there's tho corn wants The
gono through the other way. an the
garden t'hoe-it's time them pertaters
we're hilled up, an they need buggin'
most ev'ry day-an' haydn comm on
I'm goin' t put up all the hay there
b down in yon slough. Co'rs' l need
\ hired man. Ye want'o mind, Han
uer, that we'uns are farmin' it in Da-
koty now an do things sight differ
ent'u we did in Penns'lvsny."
..Oh, l recon knowed that already.
Ever since ye planted them oab'ges in
the wrcng time o the moon last year
an didn't hev 'nough SOS ye could
find 'em. seed ye was doin' 1t differ
ent."
..Oh, don't talk no more bout them
cab ges-a person will make mistake
onct in awhile"
Yes, an some O. 'em twict in
awhile. Zacharier. Did We get me that
new milk-bucket with q strainer on it?"
Hammer. l don't mind yer tellin' me
bout no milk bucket"
Yes. We do, Zacharier; ye mind it
Jest as we'll as do. Now, want it
right away. or yer hired man can't
come into the housed!
well, we'll, Hammer, hook up old
Doll in the mornin' an drive down an
get it'd O. got it myself. but I'll be
snaked eff l reelected any thing bout
it."
This paciied the good lady so much
that she went out and called her
daughter Alice. who was picking straw
berries in the garden, and directed her
10 get supper ready. After she had
gone her worthy husband chuckled a
little over his remarkably original
scheme of forgetting to buy the milk
pail, and frowned little when he re-
membered that it would have to be
bought after all. His wife soon re-
turned and said:
well. it 'pearst' me ye got an ugly
'nough lookin' man this time. l seed
him out pumpin' water"
That's it. Hammer. zactly; that's just
it! He is the blamest gawkiest,
greenest lookin' man I've feed for 8
long time. an that's just wy l hired
him. l low he won't be foolin' round
Alice and actin catfish"
"He might try it never seed 9
man wouldn't act catfish if he had hall
or two thirds of chance. But l reck'
on it won't do him any good; Alice
wouldn' hev nothin' do with as ugly
lookin' man as he is. 'pearst me he
don't look sif be knew 'noughf pound
sand into a rat-hole."
.'Oh, he's all right. only his looks
are agin him powerfully. How'd he
pear t. lie comm down on the pump.
handle, Hanner?"
He want THROWN himself ont il
very hefty. Zacharier. Flow ye won't
find him any very great shakes"
..Oh, I'll tend t. him. He can work,
I'll bet farm. an if he won't get t
shinin" round Alice reckon he'll be
q good man. I've hadt' chase 'bou,
ev'ry man I've had lately off the place
cause he got 1t into his head he was
goin t. marry Alice Pears t me we
nns are very unlucky that way"
'Zacharier, Alice. 'courages EN-
that's wot she does; she f1rts with 'em
Wy you mind that last one we had in
the spring. ye know l caught her pass
in piece O. pie out O. the pantry
winder t. him. Yes, sir. big piece o
dried punkin pie, an he took it an
sot down on the edge o my soap ket
tie an ct it. an she stuck her heat
out o. the winder an watched him. "
Yes. / know 1t. Hammer, dunn il,
know it. Ye jest watch an see how
much pc she passes out to this cuss
wy. if had his picture I'd hang il
up'n the barn to keep the hogs out!'
They were Interrupted by Alice an
nouncing that supper was re ady. ane
ali gathered in the large cool kitchen
where it was served.
"Jes' set right down at the end thar,
Tom. an hep yourself" said Zacha
riah, with a wave Of the hand to thu
new man, He did not need secont
invitation, and moved on the excellen
supper which Alice had prepared as j
he was in the habit Of carrying sucl
things before him. He gave his undi
vided attention to the business in hand
and Mr.. Daybaugh failed to detect hin
in so much as glancing at his daughte
Alice, who sat opposite. though to tel
the truth. an impartial observer coul'
not have blamed him much if he ha,
embraced every opportunity for gazinl
at her, for she was certainly wor thy o
any mans attention. Plump. rosy
checked, brown-eyed and-well, l vii
say very pretty and let it 60 at that
1t did not seem strange that SO man,
of his predecessors had fallen victim
to her charms, or that the last one hat
even been detected In taking pie iron
her hands through the pantry window
especially as no one denied that sh
offered him the pie: and in fact en-
couraged him to eat 1t; and still fur
ther. that it was piece of Mrs. Day
buvgh't famous dried pumpkin pie an
an inch thick.
But if Tom had been at all moved b
the charms of Alice he failed to betra,
it by look and kept up his attacks OF
the bread plate in way that somewha
alarmed the worthy Zachariah. Alice